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Microsoft has said Windows 8.1 will be finished sometime this month, but if you’re anxious to get the update to the operating system on your PC, you’ll have to exercise patience.

That’s because, according to Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet, Microsoft is going to wait until “mid-October 2013 or so” to release the finished version of Windows 8.1. Sorry, no immediate gratification for you!

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As it has done with past versions of its operating system, Microsoft has released a preview version of Windows 8.1. This follow-up tries to address many of the complaints users had about Windows 8, which brought a completely new interface to the most-used PC OS. As a result, there’s a good chance many frustrated Win8 users are going to be very tempted to install this preview, hoping to make the pain go away.

Typically, a new release of Windows brings a jump in PC sales as excited users buy hardware matched with the shiny new operating system. But much to the dismay of computer makers, that didn’t happen with Windows 8. In fact, the revamped interface of the world’s most popular PC OS may even have hurt sales. …

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[Note: Dwight is on vacation through this week. Technology Bytes host Peter Hughes will be handling the linkposts while he’s out out.] Hospital calculates return on iPad investment at nine days – Forbes writer Dan Munro has an interesting piece telling the story of a hospital that deployed iPads and saw a return on investment in nine days. Zynga lays off 18% …